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One-on-one: Albert Pujols talks baseball with Martin Kilcoyne

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:48:30 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Just last year, Albert Pujols embarked on his final run as a St. Louis Cardinals and reached 700 home runs. He's now enjoying retirement after 23 storied seasons in Major League Baseball. Pujols joined FOX 2 Sports Director Martin Kilcoyne for a brief one-on-one conversation last week around his PGA Tour Champions celebrity tournament. It's a conversation you won't want to miss. Pujols reflects on his sendoff season, offers insight into a possible future in coaching and his hopes as the St. Louis Cardinals 2023 season moves along.

Former Missouri State Highway Patrol inspector admits taking bribes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:48:30 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A former inspector with the Missouri State Highway Patrol admitted Tuesday in federal court to accepting thousands of dollars in cash bribes over false vehicle certifications.Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Larry Conrad, 67, worked as a supervisor motor vehicle inspector for the MSHP. It was Conrad's job to perform inspections at the patrol's Troop C facility in south St. Louis County. The inspections do not require a fee. If the vehicle passes, an inspector signs off on it and certifies forms, so owners can apply for a title with the state. Gardner won’t be held in contempt, judge rules However, Conrad would accept bribes ranging from $40 to $160 in cash to pass vehicles and lie on certificates to say vehicles had no damage. He'd do this whether he saw the vehicle or not. In one case, at least one car was not drivable.Conrad netted more than $14,000 as part of his scheme, prosecutors said. He'd text vehicle owners ...

Yoga on the Rocks begins June 3; tickets go on sale Friday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:48:30 GMT

Limber up, Denver, tickets for Yoga on the Rocks go on sale Friday.The popular 10-session summer yoga series at Red Rocks Amphitheatre will begin its weekly Saturday morning class schedule on June 3 and conclude Aug. 13. There will be no class on July 1. Yoga on the Rocks will be followed by the four-session SnowShape winter fitness series for skiers and snowboarders beginning Sept. 16.This will be the 11th season for Yoga on the Rocks and the fifth for SnowShape.Related ArticlesOutdoors | Film on the Rocks 2023 schedule: “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Wakanda Forever” and how to get tickets Single session tickets for Yoga on the Rocks will cost $18. Five-packs will be $85 and season passes $160. Classes will be held from 7-8 a.m. SnowShape will cost $17 per session and four packs will go for $64.Tickets for both will be sold online. Go to redrocksonline.com/yoga and redrocksonline.com/snowshape beginning Friday at 10 a.m.Subscribe to our weekly newsle...

Letters: Overly critical of pregnancy resource centers and abortion reversal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:48:30 GMT

Overly critical of pregnancy resource centersRe: “Colorado will protect pregnant women,” April 16 editorialGov. Jared Polis and Democratic state legislators squandered a chance to demonstrate that they are truly in favor of choice and not simply pro-abortion.Some women immediately believe they have made a horrible mistake after taking the first pill in the two-pill medication abortion regimen. Until Senate Bill 23-190 was signed into law, they were able to access the abortion pill reversal regimen that utilizes natural progesterone to mitigate the abortifacient effects of mifepristone. This doubled their chances of having a continuing pregnancy based on robust, multifaceted evidence accumulated over the past 17 years.Now women in Colorado are effectively told that they can’t withdraw their consent from the medication abortion procedure. SB 190 cruelly gives them only two options – to finish their abortion and kill their wanted baby or omit the second abortion pill, misop...

Cale Makar suspended one game for hit on Jared McCann in Game 4 of Avalanche-Kraken playoff series

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:48:30 GMT

Colorado defenseman Cale Makar has been suspended one game by the NHL, meaning he won’t be on the ice for a critical Game 5 vs. the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday at Ball Arena.The league Department of Player Safety held a hearing Tuesday morning with Makar after his Game 4 hit knocked out Jared McCann for at least the next game of this first-round series and “probably” longer than that, according to Kraken coach Dave Hakstol. Makar checked McCann into the end boards after a puck had floated out of play in the first period. McCann, Seattle’s leading scorer, needed to be helped off the ice. This is the first time Makar, 24, has faced a suspension or any supplemental discipline from the NHL.In a video released Tuesday afternoon explaining the suspension, Player Safety indicated it took into account the injury suffered by McCann on the play as well as Makar’s lack of previous on-ice transgressions.Colorado’s Cale Makar has been suspended for one playoff game for Interference a...

Barbie reveals 1st doll with Down syndrome

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:48:30 GMT

Barbie is launching its first doll with Down syndrome in an effort to help more children find a toy that represents themselves. The doll is a part of this year's Barbie Fashionistas lineup. To ensure accuracy, Barbie worked closely with the National Down Syndrome Society. The organization helped the brand sculpt the doll as well as provide guidance on accessories. The doll features a new face shape and body sculpt to be "more illustrative of women with Down syndrome," Mattel said in a news release. The palms include a single line, "which is a characteristic associated with those with Down syndrome."Photo: Mattel/Barbie The doll's puff-sleeved dress features butterflies and yellow and blue colors, which are symbols and colors associated with Down syndrome awareness, the toymaker explained. The doll also wears a pink pendant necklace with three upward chevrons, which represent the three copies of the 21st chromosome, the genetic material that causes the characteristics associated...

Seeping oil halted in Rancho Park; investigation underway

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:48:30 GMT

Both directions of Sepulveda Boulevard under the 10 Freeway and 405 interchanges in Rancho Park remained closed Tuesday while crews worked to contain oil that was coming out of the ground at a rate of 3-5 gallons a minute, authorities said. Calls about the incident, located in the 2800 block of South Sepulveda Boulevard, came in just before 6 p.m. Monday, according to a Los Angeles Fire Department news release. It wasn't until shortly before noon on Tuesday that the seepage stopped, officials told KTLA.Fire officials believe a water pipe burst as well, further complicating the issue.Fire crews used nearby soil to create dams in an attempt to contain the leaking oil from spilling into storm drains. Authorities estimated that around 1,000 gallons of oil made its way out of the ground.  “Only about 20-40 gallons escaped into the storm drain before firefighters contained the rest in the immediate area,” LAFD said. Crews attempt to mitigate an "oil-like" substance seeping up from th...

Driver in fatal Uber autonomous crash set for June trial

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:48:30 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona Uber driver involved in the first death connected to a fully autonomous vehicle will be tried in June on a negligent homicide charge.Rafaela Vasquez, 49, previously had been scheduled for trial next month in the March 2018 crash that killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg as she walked a bicycle outside the lines of a crosswalk in Tempe, Arizona. Vasquez's trial was rescheduled during a brief hearing Tuesday.Vasquez, who has pleaded not guilty to the charge, told police Herzberg “came out of nowhere” and that she didn’t see her prior to the collision.Authorities say Vasquez was streaming the television show “The Voice” on a phone and looking downward in the moments before Uber’s Volvo XC-90 SUV collided with Herzberg. But Vasquez’s attorneys said their client was looking at a messaging activity used by Uber employees on a work cellphone that sat on her right knee. “The Voice” was playing on Vasquez’s personal cellphone, which was sitting on the passenger seat, ...

Flame Bearers Offers Partnerships to Elevate Women in Sport

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:48:30 GMT

Whether it’s the breakthrough heights of the 2022 Women’s European soccer championships or the unprecedented attendance and viewership of the Women’s Final Four, female sports are more popular than ever. A sense of community, of a turning tide in favor of athletic equity has stimulated change more than anything else. On the horizon is a unifying platform developed by a female entrepreneur, aimed towards Olympians, Paralympians, and anyone interested in women’s sports.Flame Bearers emerged in 2020. Its mission, spearheaded by founder Jamie Mittelman, is to elevate the stories of female athletes. Through podcast and live events, Flame Bearers is rapidly becoming a notable name for anything related to elite female athletes.But there’s more to Mittelman’s project than organic content. Her main offerings are well established—the Flame Bearers podcast is verging on its fourth season, and she has hosted events on stages as big as Harvard and Super Bowl side-events. Her focus now turns to t...

Derek McIntosh and Ryan Noland Involved in Fatal Multi-Vehicle Crash on State Route 299 [Humboldt County, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:48:30 GMT

Three-Vehicle Collision on Lord Ellis Summit Left Two Women DeadHUMBOLDT COUNTY, CA (April 25, 2023) – Thursday afternoon, Derek McIntosh and Ryan Noland were involved in a deadly multi-vehicle collision on State Route 299.Officers responded to the incident shortly after 12:30 p.m. along SR-299, west of Lord Ellis Summit between Blue Lake and Willow Creek.Upon arrival, CHP Officers learned that an eastbound gray 2019 Hyundai Tucson collided head-on with a westbound Ford F-550.Subsequently, the collision sent the Hyundai colliding with a Kenworth semi-truck trailer going eastbound.The two women occupying the Hyundai, a 21-year-old driver and a 30-year-old passenger from McKinleyville, died at the scene. Their identity remains undisclosed pending notification from the next of kin.Meanwhile, the Ford driver suffered minor injuries. He was later identified as 32-year-old Derek McIntosh.The Kenworth semi-truck operator, 29-year-old Ryan Noland did not sustain injuries.In the end, a...